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Quotes About Equality

When Charles Darwin indicated that Homo sapiens was just another kind of animal, people were outraged.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
If we accept a mere tenth of what animal-rights activists are claiming, then modern industrial agriculture might well be the greatest crime in history. When evaluating global happiness, is it wrong to count the happiness only of the upper classes, of Europeans or of men? Perhaps it is also wrong to consider only the happiness of humans.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Pro-immigrationists seem to think that countries have a moral duty to accept not just refugees but also people from poverty-stricken lands who seek jobs and a better future.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
As of 2006, there were still fifty-three countries where a husband could not be prosecuted for the rape of his wife. Even in Germany, rape laws were amended only in 1997 to create a legal category of marital rape.5
~ Yuval Noah Harari
The twin commitments to truth and compassion result also in a commitment to equality.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Women are generally more resistant to hunger, disease and fatigue than men.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
despite the numerous shortcomings of the liberal package, it has a much better record than any of its alternatives
~ Yuval Noah Harari
it would perhaps be helpful to view immigration as a deal with three basic conditions or terms: TERM 1: The host country allows the immigrants in. TERM 2: In return, the immigrants must embrace at least the core norms and values of the host country, even if that means giving up some of their traditional norms and values. TERM 3: If the immigrants assimilate to a sufficient degree, over time they become equal and full members of the host country. "They" become "us.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
There is little sense, then, in arguing that the natural function of women is to give birth, or that homosexuality is unnatural. Most of the laws, norms, rights and obligations that define manhood and womanhood reflect human imagination more than biological reality.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Just as there is no barrier between humans and other beings, neither is there a strict hierarchy. Non-human entities do not exist merely to provide for the needs of man. Nor are they all-powerful gods who run the world as they wish. The world does not revolve around humans or around any other particular group of beings.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
One new model gaining increasing attention is universal basic income.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
in many countries around the world biological poverty is a thing of the past.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Incluso Estados Unidos, ultracapitalista, se ha dado cuenta de que la protección de la libertad requiere al menos algunos servicios de bienestar facilitados por el gobierno. Los niños hambrientos no tienen libertades.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
The idea of equality is inextricably intertwined with the idea of creation. The
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Evolution is based on difference, not on equality.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Zaman alabilir ama nihayetinde Kuzey Kore, Irak ve El Salvador da Danimarka'ya ya da Iowa'ya benzeyecek.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Biologically, humans are divided into males and females. A male Homo sapiens has one X chromosome and one Y chromosome; a female Homo sapiens has two Xs. But 'man' and 'woman' name social, not biological, categories.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
La historia de la Unión Soviética del siglo XX fue moldeada en gran parte por el intento comunista de superar la desigualdad, pero no tuvo éxito.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Just like equality, rights and limited liability companies, liberty is something that people invented and that exists only in their imagination. From
~ Yuval Noah Harari
Money is the only trust system created by humans that can bridge almost any cultural gap, and that does not discriminate on the basis of religion, gender, race, age or sexual orientation. Thanks to money, even people who don't know each other and don't trust each other can nevertheless cooperate effectively
~ Yuval Noah Harari
here is that line from the American Declaration of Independence translated into biological terms: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men evolved differently, that they are born with certain mutable characteristics, and that among these are life and the pursuit of pleasure.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
People are egalitarian by nature, and unequal societies can never function well due to resentment and dissatisfaction.
~ Yuval Noah Harari
2016 the world is dominated by the liberal package of individualism, human rights, democracy and the free market. Yet twenty-first-
~ Yuval Noah Harari
A igualdade só pode ser assegurada se forem diminuídas as liberdades daqueles que estão em melhores condições. Garantir que cada indivíduo seja livre para fazer o que desejar inevitavelmente compromete a igualdade.
~ Yuval Noah Harari